A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Vermont Family Forests Community Forests Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:: The Vermont Family Forests Partnership has created The Little Hogback Community Forest LLC, made up of 16 area residents who will collectively own and manage a 115-acre, conserved forest in VT.
Website:: www.familyforests.org
Contact:: Deb Brighton
Project Leader
Vermont Family Forests
802-453-7728
info@familyforests.org

Project Name:: Fort McHenry Wetland Restoration and Field Station
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Aquarium worked to reconstruct this wetland creating a fully functioning marsh by promoting regular, natural tidal flooding, controlling debris accumulation, and enhancing habitat.
Website:: www.aqua.org/conservationevents_fortmchenrydays.html
Contact:: Glenn Page
Director of Conservation
National Aquarium in Baltimore
410-576-3808
gpage@aqua.org

Project Name:: Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Roanoke Island Festival Park, NC Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Protection Project
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Using effective partnerships, we restored 5-acres of marsh, seagrass, oysters, and maritime forest, opening new doors of cooperation between agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Contact:: Chuck Wilson
Ecosystem Restoration Coordinator
US Army Corps of Engineers - Wilmington District
910-251-4746
charles.r.wilson@saw02.usace.army.mil

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Mechanized Thinning Trial of Upland Hardwood Forests
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: A thinning trial was conducted on a site typical of overstocked, saw log-sized, upland hardwood stands on steep (30%), stony terrain in the Ozarks.
Website:: www.eofc.org
Contact:: Peter Becker
Research Coordinator
Eastern Ozarks Forestry Council
573-689-2121
wongbeck@yahoo.com

Project Name:: Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: The Tallgrass Prairie Partnership identifies tallgrass management needs and directs habitat improvements on private lands.
Website:: www.privatelandownernetwork.org/local-resources/Northern-Prairies-Land-Trust/1404
Contact:: Kent Pfeiffer

Northern Prairies Land Trust
402-228-0276
kent.pfeiffer@nebraska.gov

Project Name:: Assisting Agricultural Producers in Improving Water Quality
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Partners assist agricultural producers in improving water quality and provide education, technical assistance and financial assistance to owners and operators of animal feeding operations.
Website:: www.conservewy.com/
Contact:: Bobbie Frank
Executive Director
Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts
307-632-5716
waocd@trib.com

Project Name:: Asian Long-horned Beetle Eradication
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, New Jersey
Summary:: A coordinated effort among agencies and citizens to control the spread of the Asian Long-horned Beetle and restore infested areas with tree plantings.
Website:: www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/index.shtm and www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/alb
Contact:: Joseph McCarthy
Senior City Forester, Chicago
City of Chicago—Bureau of Forestry
312-747-2098
jmccarthy@cityofchicago.org

Project Name:: Clearwater Stewardship Project, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: One of the first projects to test collaborative approaches and new stewardship contracting authorities to accomplish forest and recreation site restoration in occupied grizzly bear habitat.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/clearwater/index.shtml
Contact:: Tim Love
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake Ranger District
(406) 677-2233
tlove@fs.fed.us

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:: lca.gov/
Contact:: James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Paradis Mitigation Bank
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: After more than seven decades of energy production for the Nation, the 7100-acre Paradis Mitigation Bank will protect, restore and enhance wetland functions and values of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Website:: upstream.chevrontexaco.com/paradis/
Contact:: Eric Frasier
President
Frasier Group, Inc.
936-569-9428
efrasier@cox-internet. com

Project Name:: White Mountain Stewardship Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A 10-year stewardship contract was awarded to thin 150,000 acres of forest to protect communities from wildfire and stimulate wood industry.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r3/asnf
Contact:: Steve Campbell
Navajo County Director
University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension
928-524-6271
Campbell@ag.arizona.edu

Far West

Project Name:: Indian Creek Restoration/City Center Revitalization
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Caldwell’s downtown revitalization plan uses restoration of Indian Creek as the catalyst for a sustainable community with ecological integrity and economic vitality.
Website:: www.caldwellonline.org/Indian_Creek.htm
Contact:: Dennis Cannon
Caldwell Redevelopment Coordinator
City of Caldwell
208-455-4736
dcannon@ci.caldwell.id.us

Project Name:: Dry Creek Quarry Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Since 2004, Sequoia Riverlands Trust has been restoring natural stream flows, recontouring disturbed areas, seeding native grasses and planting oak and sycamore trees at this former gravel mine.
Website:: www.sequoiariverlands.org
Contact:: Hilary Dustin
Land Steward
Sequoia Riverlands Trust
559.738.0211
hilary@sequoiariverlands.org

Project Name:: Southern Nevada Lands Partnership
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Multi-agency and community partnerships conserve and steward “outside Las Vegas” using innovative funding and legislative authorities.
Website:: www.snlandspartnership.org
Contact:: Alan O’Neill
Executive Director
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
702-461-6162
aoneill@outsidelasvegas.org

Project Name:: Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: A joint project of 3EStrategies and the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council. The goal is to create and expand sustainable energy projects and firms in Central Oregon.
Website:: www.3estrategies.org
Contact:: Cylvia Hayes
Executive Director
3EStrategies
541.617.9013
info@3estrategies.org

Project Name:: Landscape level conservation in Southern California
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Habitat fragmentation has created a hot spot of species endangerment. Multiple species HCPs with multiple partners are creating connectivity for species conservation using innovative approaches.
Website:: www.werc.usgs.gov/hcp/
Contact:: Dr. Robert N. Fisher
Principal Investigator
US Geological Survey
858-637-6882
rfisher@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Ridge to Reef Conservation in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Restoration of the Hanalei River Basin, with more than 30 endangered species, that is being impacted by pollution and sedimentation transported into offshore marine ecosystems.
Contact:: Bill Steiner
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
808-956-5691
bill_Steiner@usgs.gov

National

Project Name:: Grass Roots Source Water Protection Program
Location:: National
Summary:: Grassroots outreach and education program encourages voluntary conservation by landowners, farmers and ranchers to prevent drinking water pollution.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sourcewater04.htm and www.nrwa.org
Contact:: Brendan Murphy

National Rural Water Association
580- 251-9080
nrwajb@nrwa.org

Project Name:: North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Location:: National
Summary:: Since 1986, joint venture partners have expended approximately $2.3 billion on habitat conservation projects, leveraging funds from multiple private, State and Federal sources.
Website:: birdhabitat.fws.gov/NAWMP/nort.htm
Contact:: Seth Mott
Chief, Branch of Science and Planning
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
703-358 1969
seth_mott@fws.gov

Current Conservation Programs